Soldier 76 Gay? Bi? 'Overwatch' Fans, Devs And Shippers React to 'Bastet' Bombshell (UPDATE)

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Blizzard short story 'Bastet' officially nfirms 'Overwatch' character Soldier 76 is nonilly gay, and the send hero to reprent LGBTQ folks.

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NEW OVERWATCH LORE CONFIRMS SOLDIER 76 IS GAY, AND CHOSE HIS MISSN OVER HIS RELATNSHIP

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Soldier 76, the crotchety old soldier Overwatch, is now nonilly gay acrdg to a recent short story.

New Overwatch Lore Confirms Soldier 76 Is Gay, And Chose His Missn Over His Relatnship. Overwatch’s latt short story nfirms that Soldier 76 is totally gay, but uldn’t balance a relatnship wh his duti as a soldier. He’s gay.

In se there was any ambiguy, Michael Chu tweeted out that y, Soldier 76 is gay and nothg else. Will this mean we’ll get a somewhat more fabulo Soldier 76 sk for this year’s gay pri season?

A NEW OVERWATCH SHORT STORY REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY

Soldier 76, the crotchety old soldier Overwatch, is now nonilly gay acrdg to a recent short story. * soldier 76 canon gay *

While ’s neat that Soldier 76 is Overwatch’s send gay character after Tracer, what’s far more ntroversial is the fact that Ana is now nonilly a furry after donng the tular Bastet mask at the end of the story.

It also tablish the Overwatch non that John Francis "Jack" Morrison, the all-Amerin boy who joed the ary at age 18 to fight the Omnic Crisis and ultimately beme Soldier: 76, is gay.

Both intify as gay. Two years ago, Blizzard revealed that Tracer, the "face" of Overwatch, is gay. Update: A tweet om lead wrer Michael Chu nfirms that Soldier intifi as gay.

BLIZZARD REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY - BUT IT ISN’T ENOUGH

Blizzard reveals that Overwatch's Soldier: 76 is gay - but they n do better than an isolated short story that might also be a PR distractn. * soldier 76 canon gay *

“Both intify as gay. Blizzard reveals that Overwatch's Soldier: 76 is gay - but they n do better than an isolated short story that might also be a PR distractn. Related: How Pennywise and The Babadook Beme Gay Ins.

Fans had so many qutns that the wrer of the piece, Michael Chu, took to Twter to nfirm that, y, Jack Morrison is a gay man. The problem to foc when we take a step back and realize that a huge portn of the fan base, the nsole players, never see the one piece of story ntent that picts Soldier: 76 as beg gay. We would all do well to remember that, bee as fantastic as is that Overwatch now has a playable, nonilly gay character, Blizzard is a lossal rporatn.

They played safe wh the reveal that Jack Morrison is gay, relegatg to an piece of world-buildg lore that only a mory of players will see. Rowlg famoly clared that Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore was gay years after the re books were fished whout ever puttg that to the actual text of her works.

"OVERWATCH" HERO SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY AND THE REACTNS ARE JT THE BT

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Blizzard's Very Convenient Gay Smokcreen.

SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY, BUT OVERWATCH STILL MAK FANS WORK FOR QUEER REPRENTATN

2 years ago was nfirmed Soldier 76 (Jack Morrison) is gay! At the time of “Bastet” short story. Yet afterwards there has been only hh-hh and as far as I rell Soldier 76 has received no new story whatsoever for… * soldier 76 canon gay *

The January 7 announcement of a gay Soldier: 76 giv the game a major posive PR boost and shifts the story away om narrativ about harassment the muny and the subset of toxic profsnal players. However, nothg about the story or what was clud the update self directly speaks to Soldier: 76 as a gay man that uldn't have been done sce Jeff Kaplan teased the update on January 4. If we put on some til nspiracy hats, isn't a huge stretch to nsir that a huge pany might leverage an upg short story release to clu a brief alln to a gay romance.

And we've jt learned that he's gay. What a joyo time to be a gaymer. SOLDIER 76 IS GAY.

IS SOLDIER 76 STILL GAY?

We're all soldiers now.Rpawn dialogue Soldier: 76, real name Jack Morrison, is a gay character om Overwatch. This sectn is need of major improvement. Please help improve this article by edg . Jack Morrison signed up to fight the Omnic wars at age 18. He beme one of the... * soldier 76 canon gay *

IF YOURE PLAYING A GAY IN THE VIDEO GAME WORLD. YOURE GAY IN REAL LIFE.

However, bigger than new lore was that the story revealed Soldier: 76, the game’s grizzled Capta Ameri-analog, as the send explicly gay character the game’s roster. Soldier: 76 beg gay jt serv to highlight the game’s — and s veloper’s — strange attempts to grapple wh storytellg and inty. That often allows the wispread streak of homophobic toxicy that has been bred the gamg muny for s to persist around Blizzard gam.

Makg Soldier gay, more so than even Tracer, is harr to reckon wh given the muny and the pany’s propensy to play around wh homophobic ncepts that directly impact queer men.

NEW 'OVERWATCH' SHORT STORY CONFIRMS MAJOR CHARACTER IS GAY

Beg gay is simply a bullet pot that ss next to two characters, wh no other velopment. Given the lack of queer characters gamg, we should be happy wh an olr gay man Overwatch, spe him beg unrwrten.

Fans went to Twter to ask Michael Chu, lead wrer, to nfirm that was a former lover; Chu did so, and clarified that both intify as gay. They also give players a lot of berth to pletely ignore the relatnship and the homosexualy. It also don’t upset those fans Blizzard prevly urted wh a more “apolil” approach that routely mak gay men the butt of s game’s jok.

OVERWATCH’S LATT GAY HERO IS GREAT, BUT LET’S NOT PRAISE BLIZZARD JT YET

But we all know they are still angry Soldier: 76 is a gay man at all.

So, Soldier 76 is gay, and this kd of shocked a lot of people.

SOLDIER 76 GAY? BI? 'OVERWATCH' FANS, DEVS AND SHIPPERS REACT TO 'BASTET' BOMBSHELL (UPDATE)

Some people are upset by this, sayg that gayns is beg "shoved down their throats" and I wholeheartedly disagree!!

Tracer was first revealed to be gay TWO years ago, and now that Soldier 76 is part of the LGBT muny, they say that 's TOO MUCH? That is a grand total of 2 gay characters the 27 character st.

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